[modeleng] Re: Air pump
- From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:16:19 +1000
That'd work, specially with them fine ol' FORD flattops, there's other
brands about that might not do so well.
> At one time (and maybe still), Jesse, some large air compressors for
> commercial use (think rock drilling) were built using the equivalent of a
> flat head Ford V-8 with the two inside cylinders on one bank compressing
air
> along with the two outside cylinders on the other bank. I suppose the
same
> thing could be done with OHV V-8s. Probably had special made intake and
> exhause manifolds and likely a custom cam grind as well; just blanking off
> the intake ports wouldn't seem to be enough isolation.... That would make
> an interesting 1/3 or 1/4 scale model.
>
> See http://www.weberprecision.com/ and
> http://www.colespowermodels.com/challengern.htm
>
> Charles
>
> > Didn't you
> > have to disable the intake valve on the cylinder being used as a
> > compressor
> > inorder to prevent doing what Charles said and have an explosive
mixture?
> > Red Neck Tennesseean
>
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